# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/avinash-kak
# Generated: 2026-09-02T06:03:16.856Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/avinash-kak"
name: "Avinash Kak"
slug: "avinash-kak"
description: "Avinash C. Kak is an Indian-American computer scientist and professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University who has conducted pioneering research in several areas of information processing. His most noteworthy contributions deal with algorithms, languages, and systems related to networks, robotics, and computer vision. Born in Srinagar, Kashmir he did his bachelor's degree at University of Madras and PhD at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He joined the faculty of Purdue University in 1971."
tagline: "American-Indian computer scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Avinash_Kak.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1944"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.608928000000001
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  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump